Coin Pendant on 24” chain.

1969 (1977)

፲፱፻፷፱ KM#46.2 (Big lion head, two long chin whiskers at left nearly touch date)

Features

Issuer Ethiopia

Period Provisional Military Administrative Council (የኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግሥት) (1974-1987)

Type Standard circulation coin

Year 1969 (1977)

Calendar Ethiopian

Value 25 Santeem (ሃያ፡አምስት፡ሳንቲም)

0.25 ETB = USD 0.0044

Currency Birr (1976-date)

Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)

Weight 3.68 g

Diameter 21.5 mm

Thickness 1.6 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Number N# 4758 Help

References KM# 46, Schön# 53

Obverse

Roaring Ethiopian lion's head facing right, with date below

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering:

ኢትዮጵያ

፲፱፻፷፱

Translation:

Ethiopia

10 9 100 60 9 (meaning (10+9)*100+60+9 = 1969) (Ethiopian calendar)

Reverse

Two people facing right, with arms raised. Woman on left, holding spanner in left hand. Man on right, holding a tool in right hand. Factory behind.

Scripts: Ge'ez, Latin

Lettering:

25

ሃያ:አምስት:ሳንቲም

Translation: Twenty five cents (haya āmisiti sanitīmi)

Engraver: Stuart Devlin Read more on Wikipedia

Edge

Milled